Dereck Lively II vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Dereck Lively II, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dereck Lively II played 3 years in the NBA, 13 less than Patty Mills, who played 16. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Patty Mills had his rookie season in 2009-10. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Dereck Lively II	Patty Mills
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
difference:	+45	+19.7	+6.2	+2.4	+4.3	+6.7	+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	-0.5	-2.0	+3.0	+3.0	+.330	+0.2	+0.4		+0.3	+0.8	+.065
Patty Mills	10	3.8	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.7	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590
difference:	+18	+18.0	+5.9	+2.7	+4.7	+7.4	+0.3	+0.4	+1.0	-0.7	-2.0	+2.3	+3.2	+.174	+0.3	+0.3		+1.4	+2.6	+.410
Patty Mills	3	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000